grandfather.

/gran-fah-ther, grand-/US // ˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, ˈgrænd- //UK // (ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə, ˈɡrænd-) //

祖父,爷爷,外祖父,外公

Definitions

1.
- ›the father of one's father or mother.
- ›a forefather.
- ›the founder or originator of a family, species, type, etc.; the first of one's or its kind, or the one being longest in existence: the grandfather of all steam locomotives.

1.
- ›to exempt from new legislation, restrictions, or requirements: The law grandfathered all banks already operating at the time of passage. He was grandfathered into the pension plan.

noungrandsire

Synonyms

He rarely saw him or spoke to him when he was young, and his grandfather died while he was in college.
During that time, his stepfather and both grandfathers died, and he had to clean out their homes, too.
Many, many, many people on Twitter claimed Sanders as their uncle or grandfather.
Ilya Samsonov’s grandfather loved the game, and in time, so did he.
Her grandfather lived around the corner from my grandfather.
Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
His grandfather, a pastor, had visited the church decades before—in the 1980s—when the church was popular within the community.
His great-grandfather, David Yellin, was a prominent Zionist scholar and Israeli pioneer.
Meanwhile, his grandfather was named Marion—also the birth name of John Wayne.
My grandfather lived fast and large—he liked his liquor and his tobacco, and he was also an ace gambler.
He grew very restless, for it was a long time before Mole appeared.

/gran-fah-ther, grand-/US // ˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, ˈgrænd- //UK // (ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə, ˈɡrænd-) //

祖父,爷爷,外祖父,外公

1.
- ›the father of one's father or mother.
- ›a forefather.
- ›the founder or originator of a family, species, type, etc.; the first of one's or its kind, or the one being longest in existence: the grandfather of all steam locomotives.

1.
- ›to exempt from new legislation, restrictions, or requirements: The law grandfathered all banks already operating at the time of passage. He was grandfathered into the pension plan.

noungrandsire

Synonyms

He rarely saw him or spoke to him when he was young, and his grandfather died while he was in college.
During that time, his stepfather and both grandfathers died, and he had to clean out their homes, too.
Many, many, many people on Twitter claimed Sanders as their uncle or grandfather.
Ilya Samsonov’s grandfather loved the game, and in time, so did he.
Her grandfather lived around the corner from my grandfather.
Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
His grandfather, a pastor, had visited the church decades before—in the 1980s—when the church was popular within the community.
His great-grandfather, David Yellin, was a prominent Zionist scholar and Israeli pioneer.
Meanwhile, his grandfather was named Marion—also the birth name of John Wayne.
My grandfather lived fast and large—he liked his liquor and his tobacco, and he was also an ace gambler.
He grew very restless, for it was a long time before Mole appeared.